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1.Gloria Estefan’s benefit concert raised three million dollars for _________.

CARE

Strong STARTS victims of AIDS

victims of Hurricane Andrew

2.Why did Dikembe Mutombo decide not to become a doctor?

He spent too much time trying out for the basketball team.

The basketball coach talked him into joining the team.He decided to get degrees in linguistics and diplomacy.He couldn’t keep his grades up for medical school.

3.What did Gloria Estefan have to overcome in order to become a successful singer?

shyness lack of talent unsupportive family no knowledge of music

4.When did Albert Einstein’s colleagues accept his unusual ideas?

when he explained them in professional papers when experiments proved them to be correct

when most common people understood them all of the above

5.What is an advocate ?

a person who invents or discovers something a person who explains how a new idea works a person who supports a special cause or movement a person who is forced by the government to leave their country

6.Which statement best summarizes the chapter about Dikembe Mutombo?

Dikembe Mutombo has won four defensive player of the year awards while playing for several teams.

Dikembe Mutombo left Africa to become a medical doctor but instead became a

dominant basketball player and worldwide humanitarian.Dikembe Mutombo

graduated from Georgetown University with degrees in linguistics and diplomacy and speaks four languages fluently.

Dikembe Mutombo is

committed to educating the people of the Congo about the benefits of immunization to help improve their quality of life.

7.Why did Albert Einstein decide to leave Germany?

He was escaping Castro’s government.

He wanted to study in the United States.

No one understood him there.

He was escaping anti-Semitism in Germany.

8.Why did Albert Einstein never return to Germany after 1932?

He became a U.S. citizen.He died shortly after that date.

He developed the atomic bomb.

He was afraid he would be in danger.

9.How did Gloria Estefan thank her fans for all their support during her recovery from her tour bus accident?

She put out a new album and toured for a year.She sang at the close of the Olympics in 1996.

She held a benefit concert for Cuban people.all of the above

10.What is a humanitarian ?

a person who goes to war to fight for just causes a person who treats people of other religions unfairly a person who spends time helping suffering people a person who is forced to live in poverty by the government

11.How would Albert Einstein’s first

teachers in Germany most likely have reacted to hearing of his later successes?

angry surprised unconcerned supportive

12.Which of the following supports

the idea that Gloria Estefan was a responsible youngster?

She took care of her younger sister while her mother worked.

She went to college and completed a degree in psychology.

She helped her father after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.all of the above

13. Extended Response: Pick one

of the following adjectives and explain how each person profiled in this book exhibits this trait: persistent, talented, or intelligent.14. Extended Response:In your

opinion, which of these people has made the most important contribution toward the betterment of humanity?

Support your choice with two ideas taken from the book.